classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
to concern; to be related
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
along the river; riverside
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
it's been a long time; long time no see
after a long time; for the first time in a while
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
migration; move; emigration; immigration
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
club budget; club expense
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
one by one; one after another; successively
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
reduction (esp. in price or cost); diminution; abatement
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
unconventional; unusual; outside-the-box
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
tax-exempt; tax-free; tax-exempted
dry field farming; dry field crop
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
power; authority; jurisdiction
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook